of slippery conditions out there. cleaning up an accident in ann aid rundle county an investigation going on there at muddy creek road. got rid of the disabled vehicle. we had delays on 95 heading to the fort mchenry tunnel. heading into the harbor tunnel on 895, not bad yet. especially in the southbound direction moving without delays. pretty easy as a matter of fact right now. and here's a live look at things on i-95 just north of maryland 43 heading to white marsh boulevard. but in hard fore-- harford at maryland 543 slick roads and patchy fog as you can see and getting heavy in the southbound direction. very quickly, checked in with the mta rail lines on time and buses showing no major delays. back over to you. news time 5:30. new estimates on the cost of the health care reform law specifically the price of a mandate requiring all americans all of us to have health insurance starting in 2014 or you pay a penalty. the government is now looking at the cost to cover tens of millions of uninsured people.

last march, the congressional budget office estimated that stood at 1.4 trillion over thefirst decade. the new estimate is two weeks before the supreme court hears arguments challenging the constitutionality of the mandate. new we have got 911 tapes released of a stolen school bus chase taking place in albuquerque new mexico. >> it lasted around 70 miles down a highway and ended with the suspects -- the suspect rather here in the studio with the new information that has been released this morning. linda. >> reporter: well, police received several warning calls about the stolen school bus that was tearing down the highway at high speeds. listen. >> we have a flat tire and officers are in pursuit of it right now. >> reporter: now about a half dozen police officers gave chase. it had the crippled bus barreling down the roads at more than 75 miles per hour. the suspect nathaniel shipman

stole the empty bus and authorities used three stop particulars and a pit maneuver to stop the run away bus. even then the suspect didn't surrender. police used bean bags and fired bullets to stop shim weassments hit three times but survived. no one else was -- shipman -- to stop him. he was hit three times but survived. >> we are blessed we don't have colat rat damage over what happened. >> reporter: the suspect is under guarded condition at the hospital and faces several charges when discharged. linda so, abc2 news. 5:32 and in sports maryland terps win the basketball team -- women's basketball team taking on navy. they are the second seed in raleigh region in the ncaa maryland enters the 20th nca amount tournament as the acc conference champion. also riding a 7-game winning streak. maryland is the host school for games on saturday and monday. if the trps beat navy, they will face the winner of the louitsville michigan state matchup in the second round.

tonight, president obama and prime minister of britain will attend the first round game for the men's basketball championship and the first four. they will and the university of dayton arena in ohio and this is part of the state visit by the prime minister emphasizing the special relationship between our two nations. seems like denver broncos fans are sticking with the guy who saved their foot but a sea -- football season. this electronic billboard was asking fans to vote on who should quarterback the team next season tim tea bow or peyton manning. the website received nearly 20,000 responses almost 60% voted for tim tebow. this morning, prosecutors say they are going to seek the death penalty against a woman whose granddaughter died after being forced to run for three hours as a punishment. 46-year-old joyce was indicted last week for capital murder in the death of 9-year-old savannah harden. the girl's stepmother was indicted for felony murder.

the girl was punished for lying about eating chocolate bars. both women have denied they did anything intentional to harm savannah. the fbi is saying a domestic dispute was behind a bomb threat on a jetblue flight that turn out to be false. but the plane was diverted to buffalo monday morning during a trip from boston to chicago. a woman in boston called in that threat to authorities and an fbi representative in boston says the investigation is continuing against the woman who was questioned in boston. bizarre accident to tell you about in the fresno county foothills a cow hit a cyclist while on a ride over the weekend. and, of course, the crash we have the photos to show you. melanie was training for cross country cycling race and she is bruised she is okay this morning. so a 10- 10-person cycling team was riding ten minutes into the ride they came upon a herd of free range cattle. >> i come around the corner and

he barrels and t-bones me and sends me about 30 feet down the hill. >> the racing team called 911 and a helicopter flew her to a hospital. again, she is doing just fine this morning. all right we have a question for you this morning. do you hate running? or maybe you want to mix up the routine a little bit. >> if so there is a way that you can have an app combining exercise with a game called zombie run. continued of escaping the -- instead of escape the hoards of the undead from the safety of the couch it pairs the survival story with music to moat say you -- motivate you run. >> as you run a story is being played through the headphones and the more you run the more likely to survive. as long as you are going, it tracks your distance and your pace and one of the drawbacks is megan, the price. >> it's 8 dollars which seems ridiculous for a app. it's only available to iphone

and android app users. find it funny we are saying if you hate running you love zombies. i love running but i am not a zombie fan i know you are. >> it's the walking dead we are talking about the walking dead. but those are american zombies they don't run. >> oh, okay. >> european zombies run night no idea. see what i learn. >> you have to keep it regional. all right. stay with us this morning. a new program aims to change the way people interact with the homeless. >> coming up, the effort to get people connected with each other and online community at the same time. details where you can catch larry king coming back. the rain is hovering but there's dry weather on the horizon. details coming up. >> reporter: the rain is out there for your morning commute. so expect slick conditions and if you can plan for extra travel time. details on the morning drive up next. 3q

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now "good morning maryland." 5:39 and larry king has a new show but don't expect to find it on cable tv. he will launch a online interview program on soon to be

launched ortv. his rep says it will be similar to larry king live which ended in 2010. king's wife will be involved if the project. the hunger games movie premiered last night and fans of the series camped out overnight to be among the first to see it on the big screen. the adaptation is a popular book and the movie is based on a trilogy written by susan collins focusing on a futuristic world where they watch contestant fight to the death for sport and it premiers every where friday. as weird as austin texas can be there's wi-fi hot spots. >> the homeless are helping out with patching up the problem. now it's a pilot program called homeless hot spots. the homeless earn $20 a day plus cash for anyone who logs online. >> users ask for a password which starts the conversation.

that's the point of the whole thing. >> so much of our time is spent walking with our hand to our phones and to make icon tact and having conversation with a person that may not necessarily ever do, it's a nice way to start the program. >> the brain child of an ad agency is seen as step up from the days when the homeless sold their newspapers. the wi-fi device is smaller than an iphone and capable of providing internet for up to five users. so this is a hot topic. we want to know what you think. what do you think about having homeless people offer wireless hot spots to festival goers. way weigh in to abc2news.com and let us know what you think. stay with us, coming up, if you are out of work, the president wants to help. coming up new, money to get jobless back into the work force. plus... >> it's a growing trend across the country. why one brand of laundry detergent is targeted by

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thieves. abc2 news sherrie johnson is here with what's being done to protect this product. this is a bizarre story. >> reporter: it is bizarre is the correct word. and you know, what it's an emerging trend across the country. tide detergeent is being traded -- detergeent is reportedly being -- deturningened is -- detergent is reportedly being trayed for drugs. with retail prizes 20 bucks a bottle they are cashing in stealing it and selling it for 5 to 10 dollars a bottle. it's so popular some cvs stores are putting security device on the tide. one man swiped 25,000 dollars worth of tide over several months before he was arrested. authorities say thieves target tide because it is so popular and it is popping orange logo makes it instantly recognizable. >> it's crazy. are the prices going up? i don't get why people are stealing it.

>> tide. why? >> reporter: well, it's unclear if the price is what making it so popular to steal and sell it on the streets. charley over to you. >> all right. sherrie johnson reporting. if you drive a ford tarous or mercury sable sedan. federal regulators are investigating two million cars having sticky accelerators. they received at least 14 complaints about the problem and it affects 20 01 through 06 model years and no crashes or injuries have been reported. obama administration wants to make it easier for a displaced workers to find jobs. that's what they are saying. the white house says the current process is too confusing for people to know where to get help. the new program would offer money for retraining and stipens to help with child care or relocation and changes would be congressional approval and about 28 billion dollars over the next ten years. a new york man wants to take a bite out of the apple.

wall street journal reports that apple right now is being sued over problems with the voice activated assistance on the iphone 4s. frank claims that apple's -- the ads are misleading and deceptive because they overstate the capabilities. apple sold more than 37 million of the iphones with it since october. the lawsuit is asking for unspecified damages. a colling degree will cost you but it does pay to get it. analysis by the pew research center found in the course of a4 year degree a typical grad earns 650,000 more than those high school diplomas. the average lifetime pay is 1.4 million high school grad around 770,000. more than a million dollars in scholarships up for grabs for maryland culinary student. 17 culinary and five management teams will participate in this

year's maryland pro starts student invitational at the baltimore downtown convention center. students are given one hour to create an appetizer entree and dessert. the management teams will demonstrate knowledge of the restaurant and also the food service industry by developing a business proposal for a new restaurant conceptch the competition -- concept. the competition begins at 8 and the awards dinner is at 6. the red cross honors five individuals and organizations for extraordinary community service today as the hometown hero celebration. this is video of last year's event. this year, honorees were selected for making the community a better place. they were lieutenant wringel from the fire department and dr. ben carson the juneior league of baltimore and as well as charley crowson going to be emceeing the event that's happening again this evening. today, a public hearing will be held about traffic improvement projects. the state highway administration wants to change the off-ramp from the inner loop of the beltway on harford

road to improve the traffic flow. existing ramp will wideen from one lane to three lanes -- widen from one lane to three lanes and a traffic signal at the top of the ramp. a public meeting is scheduled today from 4:30 to 7:30 and the towson bran of the of thebaltimore sit coun> a merril -- a maryland commission on cyber security. it reviews state and federal security laws and looks for ways to attract private companies to maryland. and it's expect tonight 70s all week but 20 years ago this was the scene across much of the east coast. this is 1993 in a blizzard that kept people in their homes and killed nearly a hundred people. >> here in baltimore a foot of snow fell at the height of the storm. damages from the blizzard cost about $8.5 billion. so, again, i guess if you are a winter fan, that's what you will get because you are not

going to see anything like that this week. right? >> 70. i remember that storm -- >> i remember that storm a long time ago and i was in georgia then and that's how big the storm was. it came down to georgia. even into cuba and affected that area. so a huge storm called the storm of the century. lots of names with that one. super storm of 93. i could go on and on but we arenot dealing with anything like that for today. look at the map and it started yesterday on my birthday and lingered into today. that's how i will never forget that. but for today, we have the rain pushing in across the area. right now, mainly we are dealing with it across the eastern shore. we can look at maryland's most powerful radar as of now and let's go on a little bit of a radar tour because it's starting to push out thank goodness. cecil county and also into harford county at this time. most of the action is along the eastern shore. so further to the south you go, you are going to be dealing with that this morning. we will get a little break in the action and maybe a couple of sun peeks out there and that's really going to help

fuel the chance for thunderstorms as we go into the afternoon. but for right now, 60 degrees already in baltimore. and you know what that means. we could get close to 80 degrees. i am forecasting 76 but if we get enoughin is shine like yesterday, oh, yes, you better believe we will hit 80s in some spots. also a southerly flow this morning and this afternoon and that's what's going to help warm temperatures up, too. future trend, we will still maybe see showers around at 8:00 this morning and then we will see popup thunderstorms as we do have an unstable air mass in the forecast for us today. and as we go hour by hour by 4 p.m., that temperature coming in at 76 degrees and maybe a rumble of thunder. by tomorrow, 74 mostly sunny and we will be dry as the cooler air comes in here. and this is the check of the seven-day forecast as the warm air continues into the 70s. by saturday, temperatures right around 72 for st. -- st. patrick's day. now a check of the traffic with angela. >> reporter: good morning. even with the wet roads conditions we are not doing too bad for the driven for this

hour -- drive for this hour. following one accident northbound 795 at franklin boulevard. over to the right side, not causing too much of a delay. here's a live look a-95 south of the tunnel -- i-95 south of the tunnel in arbutus. we are building in both directions here. we mentioned patchy fog earlier. this is a live look at u.s. 50 at maryland 8. this is just east of the bay bridge. 50 remains trouble free as you make the drive through queen ann heading into annapolis this morning. and a look at 95 in columbia, just north of maryland 100. the southbound side with no delays yet as you make the drive into prince george's county heading to the capital beltway. dc area school children now getting outside and getting active today. >> stay with us. find out the two special people who are now joining and what they are getting active about. we will tell you all about it ahead. also, the two suspects accuse of severely beating a san francisco giants baseball fan appear in court today. details of what could be in

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a preliminary hearing is scheduled for today in los angeles in the case of a man being nearly beaten to death.

luis sanchez and marvin norwood are accused of attack marvin stow. a alternative budget poe prossal today a presentation they do every year when gop members present the plan around noon today in annapolis. school children in the dc area compete in a olympic themeeed event with the first lady michelle obama in celebration of the summer games and obama's lets move initiative. the whiff of wife of brit tin's prime continuester will a-- prime minister will attend. walk and bus candies are celebrating the new headquarters on harford road. they will be joined by the mayor and other local business and community leaders. would you trust a teen to do your taxes. >> georgia high school students are getting a lesson on accounting in helping out low income neighbors. being cod the plane of the -- it's being called the plane

of the future. it could mean more than just a flight. mischiefous leprechaun starting celebrations early. the town they have come in and changed the name all celebrating the luck of the irish. rain jacket, umbrella rain boots, you will need them today. but the question is how long? i will answer that coming up. >> reporter: and we are off to a wet start for the morning commute. we will let you know how that impacts your drive for this tuesday morning up next. ahhh. so soft.

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